Courtney Love: ‘I’m not crazy’

Rocker Courtney Love laughs off reports suggesting she’s “crazy”, because she knows for sure she isn’t, thanks to a medical overhaul.

After a series of drug issues and legal and financial woes, the former Hole star began to believe the hype that perhaps there was something wrong with her mentally – and so she visited a doctor for a thorough check-up.

She tells Bust magazine, “If anybody could have ever proven me to be crazy, they certainly would have. And it’s never happened.

“Technically, in the sense of being bipolar, manic-depressive, or any of that stuff, it’s just not true. I mean, have I gone online and ranted and raved about my finances? Abso-f–king-lutely. Without any filter… and if that’s defined as crazy, then I need to find a psychiatrist who will diagnose that.

“I mean, maybe I’m more antisocial. I even asked my shrink, ‘Am I bipolar-ish?’ And he’s like, ‘No, you’re not’. And I said, ‘Not even ish (a little)?’ And he said no. It’s just not there. So ‘crazy’ is a word that doesn’t affect me.”

And after all of her past drug woes, she insists she’s clean and sober as she embarks on a comeback, adding, “I was taking (attention deficit disorder drug) Adderall, but I stopped taking it… because it serves absolutely no purpose and is just speed.”

Instead, Love has found a new way of dealing with her problems – chanting.

During the interview with Bust contributor Debbie Stoller, the “Doll Parts” singer visits a Japanese Buddhist center in New York City and explains, “At first you chant for yourself, for things that you want, but as you advance, you chant for others, for the world.”